Pegging-machine



L Tu R, E L D... DL E A d., d 0 M o mw PEGGING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. Z, 1883.

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IINTTED STATES i Terna.

PATENT ANDREW Brenna, Jn., or' QUiNoniuAssAcnUsnrrs, AssieNon fro Tancercas MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or PORTLAND, MAiNr..

PEGGlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,840, dated January2, 1883.

Application filed July 15, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', ANDREW EPPLER, Jr., of Quincy, in the countyNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain Improvements inPegging or Tacking Machines, of

which the following is a specification. This invention has for itsobject to provide a pegging-machine adapted to drive pegs into the soleof a boot or shoe which is held in the io hands of the operator insteadot' beingjacked.

The machine isintended for use in temporarily securing the outer sole bypegs preparatory to the permanent attachment of the outer sole bystitching or nailing. 1 c The invention consists, as a whole, in apeggingmachine composed ot' a lxed frame havingl a tubular projectionthrough which the pegs are driven into the sole, a frame or headcarrying the driver and awl bars pivoted to 2o fixed frame, so that whenoscillated on its l pivot the driver and awl are caused to coincidealternately with the fixed tubular pro jection, and mechanism f'oroperating said driver and awl bars and for oscillating; the pivotedframe, and peg-wood holding and feeding mechanism, all combined andoperating as described hereinafter.

The invention also consists in certain details, allot' which I will nowproceed to describe and claim.

Ot' the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specification,Figure 1 represents a front end elevation ot' a pegging-machineembodying niyinvention. Fig.2 represents a side elevation of the same.Figs. 3 and 4 represent respectively sections on lines m x and 1/ y,Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a section on line z z, Figs. l and 2. Fig. 6represents an enlarged section on line xrr', Fig. 2. Fig. 7 represents asimilar section, showing the pivoted frame with the awl and driver in adif-terent position. Fig. 8 represents a horizontal sec tion on line yy', Fig. 7.

The saine letters ot' reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, A represents the fixed frame of' my improved machine,said frame having a suitable base, 2, bearings 3 3 for the driving-shaftB, and a downwardly-projecting 5o arm having a tubular projection ornose, 4,

(No model.)

against the lower end of which the outer sole ofa boot or shoe is 4heldby the operator, and into which the awl E and driver Dare alternatelyforced, as described hereinafter, the nose being adapted to enter theusual channely formed in the outer sole.

C represents the frame or head which con tains the driver-bar l) andawl-bar E. The frame C is pivotally connected by 'a bolt, F, with asocketed boss, 5, on the xed frame A, 6o and is capable of' oscillatingin a vertical plane on said bolt or pivot. The driver-bar D has anoffset, D2. which bears on a cam, G, on the driving-shaft, and is raisedby said cam. A spring, H, forces the driver-bar downwardly, when the baris released by'said cam. The awl-bar E has a similar oltset, E2, and isoperated similarly tothe driver-bar by a cam, l, on the driving-shaftand a sl'iring, J, the offset E2 resting on the cam I, as shown in Fig.3. 7o

K represents a lever, which ispivoted to ears L l., formedon the xedframe A, and has at one end a friction-roller bearing against a cam,

N, on the driving-shaft, and at the other end an adjustable screw, K',bearing against one 75 side ottheI pivoted head or frame C. A spring,

M, attached to the fixed frame A and bearing at its free end against theopposite side ofthe frame C, holds said frame with ayielding pressureagainst one end ot' the lever K, thereby 8: pressing the opposite endot' the lever K against the cam N. lt will be seen therefore that whenthe driving-shaft B is rotated the awl and the driver bars will be reciprocated longitudinally by the cams G I and springs H J, and the frame Cwill be oscillated on its pivot by the cam N, lever K, and spring M. Theoscillating movements ofthe frame G are of' such length that they causethe awl E and dr.iver- D to coincide alternately with the oritice in 9othe nose et of the fixed frame.

The peg-strip P, which furnishes the pegs driven by the machine, is heldin a holder, C. which is rigidly attached to the lower end of' thei'rameU, and is provided with a vertical 95 orifice, R, (seen in Fig. 7,) inwhich thedriver reciprocates, and with a guid e-chan nel for guiding theinner end of the peg-strip into said orifice. The holder C is providedwith a suitable t'eed-.roll, against which the peg-strip is roo pressedby a spring, T. The arbor U of said l E. is

feed-roll is provided with a ratchet, V.

l represents a pawl, pivoted to the fixed frameA and engaging with theratchet. Vhen the pivoted frame G is moved iu the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig S the ratchet is moved therewith against the pawl XVand rotated one step, thus causing the feed-roll to move the peg-strip Pforward in the holder.

The peg cutting or scoring knife a is attached to thedriver-baranddescends through a suitable recess formed to receive it inthe holder C.

'lhe operation is as follows: A lasted boot or shoe, with the outer solelaid upon it, is held by the operator with the sole in contact with thenose 4. The pivoted frame or head C, being at the extreme of itsmovement, (shown in Fig. 7,) the awl E' is forced down through the nose4 and makes a perforation in the outer sole and the parts of the boot orshoe on which said sole is laid. The downward movement ofthe awl, undertheimpulse ot the spring J, is so quick that the operator is enabledeasily to prevent the boot or shoe from yielding te the pressure of theawl. This could not be so readily done if the awl were driven downwardlyby a cam. The awl is then raised and the frame C is moved by themechanism that cscillates it in the direction indicated by the arrow inFig. S, causing the driver to coincide with the oritice in the nose 4,this movement feeding the peg-strip, as above desciibed, and moving thepartially-severed peg at the end of the slrip into the oritice R. rlhedriver is now foi ced downwardly by its spring, as shown in Fig. 6,forcing a peginto thehole formed by the awl. The driver then rises, theframe U is moved to the position shown in Fig. 7, and the operation isrepeated. rlhe operator is thus enabled to cause any part of the sole toreceive a peg, and the operation of temporarily securing the sole isvery quickly performed without removing the boot or shoe from the laston which it was made. The awl preferably tapered inwardly on all sidestoward its lower end and there left slightly blunt, as shown in Figs. 6and 7, instead of being brought to a point, as usual. This form is bestcalculated to adapt the awl to penetrate the leather, and at the sametime relieve it from liability of injury by contact with the bottom ofthe last within the boot or shoe.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 that the point where theframe (l is pivoted to the tixed frame is at the opposite side of thedriving-shaft B from the point where the lever K is pivoted. By thisarrangement of said pivoted points the jar of the machine is reduced tolthe minimum.

I claim- 1. 1u a peggingmachine for temporily attaching outer soles, thecombination of afixed frame having a tubular nose or peg tube adapted toenter t he channel of an unattached outer sole, an oscillatingl iframeor head pivoted to the tixed l'rame, awl and driver bars reciprocated inthe ocillating fraaie and alternately entering the nose of the tixedframe, and peg wood holding, feeding, and cutting mechanism secured toand actuated by the oscillations of the frame to supply pegs to thetixed nose, substantially as described.

2. 'lhe combination, with the lixed frame having the pawl W, theoscillating frame having the awl and driver bars, the peg-strip holderattached to the oscillating frame, and the feeding-arbor U, journaled inthe holder, and provided with the ratchet V, engaged with the pawl W,and rotated by said pawl during `the movement in one direction oftheoscillating frame, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 10th day of July, 1882.

ANDR-EVV EPILE t, JR. Witnesses:

C. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE.

